Kavya Madhavan കാവ്യ മാധവൻ

Kavya Madhavan കാവ്യ മാധവൻ an Malayalam film actress. She made her debut in Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) as a
child artist. As a heroine Kavya's debut film was Lal Jose's
Chandranudikkunna Dikhil (1999) while she was in the ninth standard. It
was a super hit and from then on there was no looking back. She won the
Kerala State Film Award for Best actress twice, for her performances in
the films Perumazhakkalam (2004) and Gaddama (2010).

Kavya
was born on 19 September 1984 in the village of Nileshwaram in Kasargod
district, Kerala, India, to P. Madhavan and Shyamala. She attended
Nileswaram GLP School and entered the film industry as a child artist.

She
learned dancing during her school days and participated in
competitions. She was a Kalathilakam in a Sub District Schools Youth
Festival. She currently resides in DD Village, Thammanam, Ernakulam,
Kerala, India. She completed her schooling in National Institute of Open
Schooling (NIOS)

Though
Kavya had many offers from Tamil cinema, she was very reluctant to act
due to her busy schedule in Malayalam. Her first was Kasi (2001) which
was the remake of Vinayans Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum. She
went on to act in En Mana Vaanil and Sadhu Miranda and enjoyed moderate
success.

Kavya
MAdhavan got critical acclaim for her performance of the role of Ganga
in Perumazhakkalam for which she won 2004 Kerala State Film Award for
Best Actress and for the role of Ashwati in Gaddama for the role of
house maid working in Saudi Arabia. The movie was based on a feature by
K. U. Iqbal, published in Bhashaposhini. The movie was directed by her
mentor Kamal and she got her second Kerala State Film Award for Best
Actress for 2011.

She
also won 2011 Kerala Film Critics Awards for Best Actress, Amrita-FEFKA
Film Awards for Best Actress, Best Actress-Malayalam cinema in Filmfare
Awards South and Best Actress in Thikkurissy Foundation Awards.

She
was also nominated in National film award for Best Actress but lost out
in the final round. She also was cast in Adoor Gopalakrishnan movie
Naalu Pennungal in which she played a supporting role.

Soon
after the divorce with Nishal went on act with her most successful
partner onscreen Dileep for Pappy Appacha. Later on she acted in many
movies with veteran Superstars of Malayalam cinema such Mammootty and
Mohanlal. She also acted in multi-starrer movies like Christian Brothers
and China Town.

After
the success of Chandranudikkunna Dikhil, Kavya and Dileep become very
popular pairing Malayalam cinema, producing several big hits and the
pair went on to do 18 movies together. Some of their popular movies
include Thenkasipattanam (2000), Darling Darling (2000), Meesa Madhavan
(2002) which was one of biggest grosser of the year and was directed by
Lal Jose.

She
was offered the female lead in Chandranudikkunna Dikhil (1999) which
was also first movie by director Lal Jose who also assisted Kamal in
Azhakiya Ravanan. She was in ninth standard when she did the movie. The
movie was an instant hit due to the versatile cast, music and story
narration and brought both Kavya and Dileep into the limelight.

After
her leading role, she became popular in the Malayalam film industry. It
has been claimed that she was the busiest female actress in Malayalam.
She is also a trained dancer and has won many awards and accolades.

Kavya
first appeared as a child actor in Kamal's film Pookkalam Varavayi
(1991), she was just 7 years of age when she acted in the movie. Her
talent was soon recognised, and she was offered other projects such as
Pavam IA Ivachan (1994) and Azhakiya Ravanan (1996).

It
was Azhakiya Ravanan directed by Kamal which got her got more public
attention. She did a lot of movies after that mostly as a child actor.
She wrote lyrics for the song "En Khalbillulloru Pennaanu" for the film
One Way Ticket. She sang her first movie song for the Malayalam film
Matinee (2012).